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Knossos Palace, Crete, Greece
Greece

Knossos (alternative spellings Knossus, Cnossus, Greek Κνωσός pronounced), also known as Labyrinth, or Knossos Palace, is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete and probably the ceremonial and political center of the Minoan civilization and culture. It is also a tourist destination today, as it is near the main city of Heraklion and has been substantially, if imaginatively "restored", making the site more comprehensible to the visitor than a field of unmarked ruins.


The city of Knossos remained important through the Classical and Roman periods, but its population shifted to the new town of Handaq (modern Heraklion) during the 9th century AD. By the 13th century, it was called Makryteikhos 'Long Wall'; the bishops of Gortyn continued to call themselves Bishops of Knossos until the 19th century. Today, the name is used only for the archaeological site situated in the suburbs of Heraklion.

 

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Copyright: Ildar Gabdrakhmanov
Type: Spherical
Resolution: 6000x3000
Taken: 11/06/2009
Caricate: 28/06/2009
Published: 28/06/2009
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